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Personal data Clara Dykstra 

  • She was born on September 30, 1908 in Elk Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, United States.Source 1
    Clara Dykstra
    Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935
    Name:Clara Dykstra
    Event Type:Birth
    Event Date:30 Sep 1908
    Event Place:Iowa, United States
    Event Place (Original):Iowa, United States
    Gender:Female
    Father's Name:Chas. Dykstra
    Mother's Name:Elizabeth Moes
    Certificate Number:p 100
  • She died on October 14, 1993 in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, United States, she was 85 years old.Source 2
    United States Social Security Death Index
    Given Name: Clara
    Surname: Leonard
    Event Date:14 Oct 1993
    Event Place: Jasper, Iowa
    Event Place (Original): Jasper, Iowa
    Age: 85
    Birth Date: 30 Sep 1908
    Record Collection: United States Social Security Death Index

    Clara Dykstra Leonard
    Find A Grave Index
    Name: Clara Dykstra Leonard
    Maiden Name: Dykstra
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1993
    Event Place: Mingo, Jasper, Iowa, United States of America
    Event Place (Original): Mingo, Jasper, Iowa, United States of America
    Age (Estimated): 85
    Photograph Included: Y
    Birth Date: 30 Sep 1908
    Death Date: 14 Oct 1993
    Cemetery: Ashton Chapel and Cemetery
    Affiliate Record Identifier: 43842786
    Affiliate Image Identifier: 43842786
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  • She is buried in Ashton Chapel and Cemetery, Mingo, Jasper County, Iowa, US.
  • A child of Charles Tjeerd Jacobus, Dijkstra and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Lammerts Moes
  • This information was last updated on February 3, 2025.

Household of Clara Dykstra

She is married to Ralph Ambrose Leonard.

They got married on May 14, 1932 at Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa, United States, she was 23 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  3. Mary Ann Leonard  1939-1948
  4. (Not public)


Notes about Clara Dykstra

In April 1910 Clare Dykstra (1 year old, born in Iowa), her father Charley Dykstra (36, Holland, farmer), mother Elizabeth (27, Holland) and siblings Jennie (6, Iowa), Bert (5, Iowa), Cobe (3, Oklahoma) and Dora (2 months, Iowa), were livingat a rented farm in rural Richland Township, Jasper County, Iowa. In 1915 the family Dykstra was living in Rock Creek Township, postoffice Turner, a former town, Jasper County, Iowa. In January 1920 Clara Dykstra (11), her father Charles Dykstra (46,stock farmer), mother Elibeath (36), and siblings Jennie (16), Bert (15), Cobus (13, Iowa), Dora (10), Cyrus (8, Iowa), Elizabeth (5, Iowa) and David (3, Iowa) were still living inRock Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa.
On May 14, 1932 Clara Dykstra married at the Methodist Parsonage in Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa the one year younger Ralph A. Leonard, who was born in Iowa too.
In April 1940 Clara (31), her husband Ralph A Leonard (29, Iowa, farmer) and their children Joseph (5, Iowa), Norman (2, Iowa) and Mary Ann (0, Iowa) were living at their own farm, worth $1200, in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa. They lived in 1935 in the same house. In 1992 they moved from Farrar, an unincorporated community, located about 5 miles northwest of Mingo, to Newton, the seat of Jasper County, Iowa.
Clara died in October 1993 at the age of 85 years in Jasper County, very probably in its seat Newton. Her widower Ralph Leonard died there too, in April 1997, at the age of 87 years.

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    Sources

    1. Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVJT-3JH : 10 March 2018), Elizabeth Moes in entry for Clara Dykstra, 30 Sep 1908; citing Elk Creek Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States; countydistrict courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,954,518.
    2. United States Social Security Death Index (SSDI); www.findagrave.com
    3. Ashton Web Site, beheerd door Donald Ashton MH

    Historical events

    Birthday September 30, 1908

    • The temperature on September 30, 1908 was between 10.7 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
      • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
      • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
      • July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
      • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
      • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
      • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.

    Day of marriage May 14, 1932

    • The temperature on May 14, 1932 was between 10.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
      • February 4 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
      • July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
      • September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
      • September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
      • November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
      • December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.

    Day of death October 14, 1993

    • The temperature on October 14, 1993 was between 4.3 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 18.2 mm of rain during 13.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
      • January 19 » Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
      • January 20 » Bill Clinton is inaugurated the 42nd President of the United States of America.
      • February 28 » The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
      • May 10 » In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.
      • July 25 » The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
      • August 8 » The 7.8 Mw  Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
    

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